Head-on collision between two solitary waves in a compressible Mooney-Rivlin elastic rod
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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 93-111 |
Journal / Publication | Wave Motion |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2000 |
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Abstract
The interaction between two solitary waves in hyperelastic rods had been studied in literature by numerical methods, and here we study the head-on collision between two solitary waves in a circular cylindrical rod composed of a compressible Mooney-Rivlin material by a perturbation approach which combines the reductive perturbation method with the technique of strained coordinates. The third-order asymptotic solution which describes the evolution process of interaction is derived. It is found that the head-on collision does have imprints on the colliding waves with nonuniform phase shifts at O(ε2), which cause the tilting of the wave profiles. Our analytical results provide a formula for the maximum amplitude during the collision and also successfully explain the phenomenon that the smaller solitary wave has a larger distortion while the larger solitary wave has a smaller distortion. © 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.
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- Hyperelastic rods, Solitary waves
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Head-on collision between two solitary waves in a compressible Mooney-Rivlin elastic rod. / Dai, Hui-Hui; Dai, Shiqiang; Huo, Yi.
In: Wave Motion, Vol. 32, No. 2, 08.2000, p. 93-111.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review